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It’s time for the Emmy Awards again, and I am excited and angry.More angry than excited, so let’s take a bite out of that apple first.I’m angry because the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast airs almost a month earlier than usual — and on a Monday. It...

How many times have you heard about the "War on Christmas" over the years, particularly from conservative commentators? During the past decade, concerned parties on both sides of the spectrum have argued and yelled and screamed at the top...

Author's disclaimer: Today's piece may cause my center/right readers severe irritability, sleeplessness, and a strong desire to limit your cable television options to Fox. The antidote may not arrive until the midterm elections of 2014.
Fiscal cliff...

In a city where new bands pop up every week, you have to find a way to stand out — especially if you're a cover band.But for the Bellevederes, finding a niche in the old-school music scene seemed almost effortless. Wanting a name representing their love...

Television has long played a key role in helping us understand, appreciate and celebrate holidays.Think "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or viewing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in your livingroom.Monday, HBO premieres a new documentary...

Three bottles of Kentucky bourbon were on the counter.
A huge tub of cooked celery was cooling, 20 pounds of sausage was frying in a pot, and a vat of butter was melting on the burner next to it.
At 9 a.m. Monday, the battle lines of Thanksgiving prep...

More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producer-director working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song. He hoped a network would like it enough to run it two or three times....

Simon Cowell scored a victory as his lovebird singing duo Alex & Sierra won "The X Factor" Thursday night, but the show hasn't been much of a triumph for Fox in the ratings this year.
The musical contest's third season finale drew 6.2...

It wouldn't be the holidays without a performance of a timeless Christmas classic from a boys' choir. And what better ensemble to see perform than the Vienna Boys' Choir? And who better to perform with them than international screen superstar Will...

As irresponsible as it may be to encourage drinking at this time of year, you are more likely to enjoy “A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre if you toss back a few Tiny Tim-tinis or Scroogedrivers at the lobby bar...

Sometimes the smallest notion can create magic.
The 1973 animated special "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving " was based on a "very simple idea," said the show's producer Lee Mendelson. Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the beloved...

Minutes after Brandon Marshall said everyone involved with the Bears offense should be held accountable, he darted out of the Soldier Field locker room, leaving behind his sad-looking Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
There will be no NFC North crown...